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Veterans Affairs Secretary Togo D. West Jr., whose two-year tenure has been marred by accusations of mismanagement, is resigning, President Clinton said today. Mr. West, a former Army secretary and lobbyist who plans to return to the private...

July 11, 2000, Tuesday

Togo D. West Jr., the embattled Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has told President Clinton that he plans to resign before the end of the term but has set no date for his departure, a White House official said today. A spokeswoman at the Veterans...

July 9, 1999, Friday

Worried about the planned elimination of hundreds of more jobs at the state's veterans hospitals, New York lawmakers met in Washington yesterday with the Veterans Affairs Secretary, Togo D. West Jr., to lobby against the cuts. At least one...

Army Secretary Togo D. West Jr. today released the names of the 69 people who were given special permission to be buried at Arlington Cemetery during the Clinton Administration, in an effort to halt Republican accusations that cemetery plots were...

The horrible thing is that it sounded so plausible. It did not seem such a stretch to think that this White House, where everything is political and everything is for sale, would even peddle eternity. Senator John McCain immediately began...

Army Secretary Togo D. West Jr. today defended his decision to grant 58 Americans special permission to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, saying that the high honor was not awarded to anyone in exchange for past generosity to the Democratic...

Several Congressional leaders reacted with outrage today at a magazine report that said White House officials ''sold'' burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for large campaign contributions, but the White House dismissed the report tonight as...

The Secretary of the Army, Togo West, is President Clinton's choice to replace Jesse Brown as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and his nomination is expected after White House consultations with lawmakers and interest groups, officials said today. ...

The sudden resignation of the chairman of the Panama Canal Commission, with barely two years remaining before the United States yields control of the vital waterway, has created a power vacuum that Panama is now maneuvering to fill, American...

Army Secretary Togo D. West Jr., responding to an Army report last week finding widespread sexual harassment and discrimination in the service, said today that the service would return ''to emphasizing traditional Army values, which are traditional...